Three Things to Consider When Developing an Innovation Strategy

Posted by Dan Toma
On 07/11/2022

The traditional approach to developing a business strategy that is carried to innovation strategy development is inconsistent and insufficient to tackle the challenges in the business environment of today, therefore leaders are already seeking alternatives.

Why Now? Why Us? A Radically Rational Guide for a Winning Business Strategy

Posted by Dan Toma
On 10/08/2022

Most corporate strategies, if they are developed well (and from our experience that’s a big IF), are great at giving a direction for a company’s efforts for the foreseeable future. In essence, they are great at explaining where the company is heading and what it wants to achieve. When Netflix made the transition towards streaming […]

What does it mean to be a ‘responsible business’?

Posted by Dan Toma
On 07/06/2021

What does ‘responsible business’ or ‘purposeful business’ mean to you? For some it might be about transitioning to a greener energy supply and recycling as much office waste as possible. For others is might be about deprioritising profit as a goal and focusing on achieving a social objective such as helping homeless people get back […]

The Startup Collaboration Maturity Assessment

Posted by Dan Toma
On 17/05/2021

Understanding the current maturity of a corporation's startup collaboration process is the key to making further improvements.

Strategy ahead of the technological curve

Posted by Dan Toma
On 11/12/2020

Most established organizations tend to be a bit more prudent when it comes to new technologies and integrating them in their strategic options, however totally ignoring these is not an option either. Technology developments influence our lives. They bring about disruption by enabling business models that weren’t previously possible. Business models which squeeze out the […]

Creating an innovation strategy is a team effort!

Posted by Dan Toma
On 28/09/2020

An inclusive and consensual approach to developing bold innovation strategies is needed. Why, you ask? Historically speaking, strategy formulation was an activity reserved for a select group of individuals in an organisation or external consultants. Starting in the 80’s the strategy development process was professionalised as it evolved from the chief executive’s domain into a […]

Building bold strategies, one hypothesis at a time!

Posted by Cris Beswick
On 16/06/2020

With an abundance of global reports and surveys outlining the continued challenges faced by organisations in their quest to innovate, the single biggest issue we still see leaders make is not creating absolute clarity on strategy. And if you subscribe to the notion of “tomorrow’s prosperity is dictated by today’s leadership decisions” then innovation has […]

Unleashing Leadership Curiosity

Posted by Cris Beswick
On 16/04/2020

How do you see your leadership role? Are you a numbers person or a detail devil, a blue-sky thinker, an enabler or a controller? Depending on your answer, we may need to have a quick leadership refresh. In the meantime, let’s have a quick chat about the sort of leader you need to be if […]

Aiming for a Future-Fit Strategy

Posted by Cris Beswick
On 14/04/2020

“Not all innovations are created equal.” That comment from Jacquelyn Pless headlined an article outlining the MIT Sloan approach to innovation strategy. [1] As it describes three foundations for delivering an effective strategy, the report makes it clear that innovation is a process that requires management and measurement to be successful. The idea of successful […]

The Yin & Yang of Innovation Culture

Posted by Cris Beswick
On 31/03/2020

How would you describe your current organisational culture? Are you one of the 75% of leaders who claimed in a 2018 survey [1] that their culture was already one of innovation, experimentation and risk-taking? And if so, what did you mean by that? It’s a fair bet that if you talked about experimentation and risk-taking, […]

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